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Matt Western vs Mr Mark Francois

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,055 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Trade 7% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
129
+45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
366
+220.3 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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